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From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job - Part 4

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This post continues our series of bringing you more Wisdom from your fellow students of the contemplative path. We hope you will find these posts enriching,…
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Reflections of a Wanderer: Unpacking the "Way of Union" Retreat

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You wander from room to room Hunting for the diamond necklace That is already around your neck ~ Rumi Wandering, hunting, seeking, yearning…sometimes…
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From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job - Part 3

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This post continues our series of bringing you more Wisdom from your fellow students of the contemplative path. We hope you will find these posts enriching,…
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From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job - Part 2

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This post continues our series of bringing you more Wisdom from your fellow students of the contemplative path. We hope you will find these posts enriching,…
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From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job - Part 1

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This is our second post in the continuation of our series bringing you more Wisdom from your fellow students of the contemplative path. We hope you will…
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Photography as an Act of Faith

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While we have featured many guest posts in the past, we are setting the intention to bring you more Wisdom from your fellow students of the contemplative…
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Wagner, Einstein, and Teilhard

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Dr. Rudy Hwa Rudy is an emeritus professor of Physics at the University of Oregon as well one of my one of my senior Wisdom Students, both chronologically…
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Thanking our Midwife

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Dear friends in The Contemplative Society, It is an honour to be asked to contribute a few words in support of the Margaret Haines Scholarship Fund. Where…
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Alchemy

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Retirement: often lauded as a time to enjoy what we have worked for all our lives, taking trips, cultivating hobbies, and being with friends and family.…
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In This Together

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Our retreat participants are diverse: we serve Christians and SBNRs, young and old, wealthy and financially constrained. You might put yourself in one…
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The Gift of Enroulement

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I arrived at the Wisdom School on Lake Cowichan both exhausted and depleted. While I am an advocate for self-care, I have found it very difficult to practice…
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A birthday present to the future

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You might not recognise her name, but without her, The Contemplative Society wouldn’t exist. You might not have access to audio teachings, Wisdom Schools,…
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Our Wisdom Lineage

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“WHUR WE COME FROM… " ~ Br. Raphael Robin “Teachers of contemplative Christianity, who acknowledged the limitations of human knowledge and…
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Is sacred reality really real?

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“Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamagate…” ("Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone utterly beyond…”) We used to chant this ancient Hindu chant in our small…
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Christmas 2017 - Letter from President

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Dear Members and Friends, This time of year often propels us into a vast amount of “doing” in an attempt to recreate an atmosphere that might reflect…
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Which Enneagram Type is Cynthia?

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For almost thirty years the standing joke has been, "What enneagram type is Cynthia?" Leading teachers in all the various schools have typed me variously…
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Mirabai Starr: Blessed Weaver

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In the last week of September, The Contemplative Society welcomed Mirabai Starr to Vancouver Island for a retreat entitled "One Heart: Weaving a Tapestry…
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Healing the Elephant in the Womb

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This piece by Cynthia Bourgeault is the seventh in a series beginning with “A Surprising Ecumenism“, her response to “Evangelical Fundamentalism…
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